THE AIESEC LEGACY AND YOUTHS OF TODAY

It is a well known fact that AIESEC remains the worlds biggest,largest and dynamically active youth organization in the world , catering to the teemless youths and recent graduates the world over and engages them in different activities that cut across life , many alumni's talk about  their days when they actively held talks with captains of industries and other stake holders. It is also of a fact that we have the highest open ACS (Active Communication System) site in the World!! according to TATA Global Service a leading consulting firm we send close to 5000 mails daily and recieve twice that number no wonder the UN, EU and other top global industries recognize our sway but that is not enough!!! as active and vibrant agents we need to continue the legacy set down by our founding fathers we need to continue our drive for youth excellence, we all have a global mandate to engage youths by 2015 and no other time can we achieve this than now.

In Nigeria today we here discussions of the high rate of unemployment of youths many argue that the rate of "quacks" churned out of the system is appalling, but i beg to disagree, now how can we curb this trend? simple we need to aggressively engage youths by combining forces to create awareness of our organization and its mission ,the global internship programme alone provides boundless opportunities one which many other countries have taken advantage of we need to repackage the internship opportunities and open the public's eyes to our way of networking, our virtual platform has to be stronger now than ever our mandate more effective and to be amongst the first choice partners for professional youths we need to make a statement.
Then again we need to offer quality exchanges and lastly they way we handle our projects must change with a view of sustainable future we are gradually becoming the youths voice but how can we be known if we remain in the shadows? its high time we do lots of awareness campaigns and micro-market and outsource our programmes to youths that way we can really affect lives lets join hands and continue the legacy on this Worlds Youth Day and for the many days in the future.

AIESECers are great people a testimonial of the 60 years of diverse backgrounds and ideas that partners have recognized and invested in ,i should know for i am one.
So why dont you join us today in many of our branches in the great country of Nigeria simply log on to www.aiesecnigeria.org for more information be part of success today.

MY NIGERIA

Nigeria, a blessed country located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. A country whose name originates from the River Niger which runs through it, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the most populous country in the world in which the majority of the population is black.
Over the years a lot of things have been said about this Pride of Africa some of which are constructive while a lot of others, just baseless. For instance in time past, Nigeria use to have so many teething problems in her election processes and militancy pressure in her Niger Delta region however all these has been duly tackled and grinded to a halt. Thus, the recently concluded national election emerged as the freest and fairest in the history of the country and the militancy pressure had since been successfully put to rest. Presently, the on-going over flocked terrorism attack by the Boko Haram group in the north is gradually phasing out and peace is being restored to distressed zones thereby reaffirming the mandate of the federal government to curb all vices. Fascinatingly, despite the challenges that were on then, Nigeria never seized to host visitors who constantly came in from far and near to explore great opportunities all over the country because they understood the Nigerian spirit which guarantees continual development.
Typical to every country in the world, Nigeria has her own frailties and weaknesses and is constantly working towards the betterment of her society. For instance, Nigeria presently has one of the fastest growing telecommunications market in the world, the second largest economy in Africa and has positioned herself as the 12th largest producer of petroleum in the world and the second largest oil exporter among the OPEC nations (an improvement from seventh position last year) thereby transcending into a significant decline of all forms of evil while on the other hand increasing employment opportunities. Nigeria is blessed with enormous mineral resources some of which include natural gas, coal, bauxite, tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead and zinc.

Interestingly, what is more special about Nigeria is not just her striving developmental antecedents but her great people. Nigerians are lovely, passionate and determined people. If you have ever met a true Nigerian then you can attest to this obvious fact.  Nigerians have achieved great feats in almost every field of the world today. From Literature where we have Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, to sciences where we have Africa’s greatest scientist of all time, to sports where our male and female teams have recorded great strides, to leadership where we have a good representation across the globe and the success categories goes on and on. Nigerians indeed have an excellent spirit but sadly, the international media has never done any good in portraying these terrific characteristics of ours.
In Nigeria, the biggest student run organization in the world AIESEC is growing rapidly and steadily. So many interns who have participated in our (AIESEC) exchange program have always left words of returning to their new found home – Nigeria. You can check out their recommendations and learn from their experiences following this link http://www.aiesecnigeria.org/experiencenigeria/ and trust me you will marvel. So, as a young person who is determined to achieving good success, we are inviting you to come over to Nigeria and participate in our numerous life changing experience internships and increase your competitiveness. A comprehensive detail of the different projects and work opportunities in our country is available on request. Come experience quality exchanges and classy lifestyle; come experience Nigeria.
Nigeria – Good People, Great Nation.

Blogpost written by Emmanuel Essien